Michael Lucas (porn star)
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| Michael Lucas | |
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Michael Lucas on the Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita DVD cover
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| Birthdate: | March 10, 1972 |
| Birth location: | Moscow, Russia |
| Birth name: | Andrei Treivas Bregman [1] |
| Penis size: | 10 in / 25.4 cm |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in / 185 cm |
| Weight: | 180 lb / 81.65 k |
| Orientation: | Gay |
| Ethnicity: | Jewish Russian-American |
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| Michael Lucas at IMDb | |
| Michael Lucas at AFDB | |
Michael Lucas is a gay pornographic actor and the owner of Lucas Entertainment[2]], a New York-based gay adult entertainment company. His company recently won a record-breaking 14 GAYVN awards, the gay porn equivalent of the Oscars.
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[edit] Biography and career
Born Andrei Treivas Bregman [1] in Moscow, Russia, on March 10, 1972, Michael Lucas attended college in Moscow, graduating with a degree in law.[3] In 1995, Lucas moved to Germany[3] and lived in France for 2 years before moving to the United States.[4]
Lucas was the owner of a travel agency in Moscow for a short time after graduating university.[5] He worked as a nude model and began his adult film career by appearing in a German heterosexual pornographic film.[4]
In 1998 he launched his own production company, Lucas Entertainment.[4] He based the company in New York City (rather than Los Angeles, where many of the other pornography studios are located) to enable him to take advantage of the lack of competition there.[6] Lucas likens his success in the field of prostitution to his subsequent success in filmmaking, saying, "if you’re going to sell sex, do it well. That’s the secret to a successful career as an escort (and the same reason my movies do so well.)".[7]
He filmed his first project as a director, Back in the Saddle, in 1998, and performed in the film as well.[8]
In 2004, Lucas Distribution, Inc., his adult video distribution company, began operations; in 2005, LucasBlog.com was created, providing Lucas with an online media presence.
In 2004 Lucas appeared in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' book XXX: 30 Porn Star Photographs.[9] and the accompanying HBO documentary Thinking XXX.[10] Greenfield-Sanders asked Lucas for a list of his 10 favorite films; the 10 films he listed are all films from his own production company.
In the summer of 2005 Lucas released Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons; the film featured celebrity cameos from RuPaul, Boy George, Graham Norton, Bruce Vilanch, Lady Bunny, Amanda Lepore, and Michael Musto. He continues to appear in his own films; he is in his latest releases, Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita Parts I and II. (Both were released in 2006.)[11]
Lucas has a reputation of being outspoken and controversial. A longtime opponent of drug use and advocate for safe sex, both in the porn industry and the gay community at large, he has taken out full-page public service announcements in several national publications. He was interviewed about his anti-drug campaign by Harvey Fierstein in the August 17, 2004, issue of The Advocate.[12]
Lucas was invited to speak at a Master's Tea at Yale University's Calhoun College in April 2005. At the Tea, organized with assistance from gaYalies,[13] he spoke to a group of about 50 students about his life history and his views on the porn industry in general.[4] In February 2006 he participated in a symposium on "Sex for Sale" sponsored by the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism.[14] His remarks, "On Gay Porn", were published in the Journal.[15]
An article published at www.somethingjewish.co.uk reporting on Lucas's August 2006 planned trip to Israel, "Entertaining gay Israeli troops",[2] was also published at www.ynetnews.com, where it received negative comments in the article's "Talkbacks" section.[16] His plans to visit Israel and the publicity surrounding it were also attacked, but in a follow-up article, "Lucas responds", Lucas said that the trip would not be cancelled; he went on to characterize some of the responses to the announcement of his trip to Israel as "homophobic".[17] He also responded to the criticism by creating an entry at his blog, "Dear friends and fellow Jews", in which he wrote, "I can't believe that some of us can be so intolerant, especially to gay people!"[18] Lucas himself, however, has demonstrated a lack of tolerance for others, for Christianity in general, and for Catholicism in particular. In another entry on his blog about a trip he made to Peru, Lucas published a photo of a young boy standing next to a priest. He captioned the photo, "A reminder for parents not to forget to send their little boys to church. This can be found everywhere in Peru. You can see how this little boy is moaning for the father's holy cock." Another photo, of a painting of the crucified Jesus, is captioned, "All of these museums I visited had all of these pictures of these crucafixes.[sic] The worldwide obsession with this skinny Jewish masochist enjoying himself on the cross 'for all our sins' bores the shit out of me."[19]
At the 2007 GAYVNs, his film Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita won all 14 nominations it was up for. The sweep was a record in the industry for any film and it marked the first time a New York-based company took home the most awards. Lucas himself won for Best Direction, Best Threesome, and Best Actor.
[edit] Personal
- Lucas lives in the Chelsea area of Manhattan with his boyfriend of five years, international investor and prominent Democratic party contributor Richard Winger; Bianca, his Great Pyrénées dog; and a Peruvian guinea pig he smuggled back from vacation in his carry-on.[1]
- Lucas thinks he has a "slight" case of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). He finds it difficult to focus when he does not take the medication suggested by his doctor [6] and hard to concentrate on too many people at the same time.[20]
- Although Lucas was born in Russia and speaks Russian with his family, he self-identifies as Jewish and has no nostalgia for the land of his birth, owing to the widespread homophobia and anti-jewish sentiment there.[6] Speaking of his youth in Russia, Lucas said: "I did not have friends...the teachers couldn’t stand me."[1]
- Thanks to the success of his company, Lucas was able to help move his parents and grandparents to the United States from Russia. He visits them on a regular basis at their residences in Brooklyn. His brother still lives in Russia.
- Lucas has an aversion to sunlight and relies on self-tanners to achieve his allover tanned appearance, save for an orange patch on his forearm. He keeps all the shades drawn in his office, saying, "I don’t want the light to come in here. The poisonous light."[1] He keeps a UV light on in the office at all times, however, to keep the plants in there alive.
- On November 12, 2004, Lucas was sworn in as an American citizen.[3]
[edit] Quotes
- "It's just more interesting than sticking it in and out." - on why his movies have plots, in Genre magazine, 06/30/05
- "I always film sex scenes in under an hour and 20 minutes. I just like to document what's going on to create one smooth piece that's very real." - NEXT magazine, 05/20/05
- "I am HIV negative today, and this isn't by accident. All these years of being sexually active, I've done something very simple: I've always stayed away from drugs (in fact, I've never even tried them), and I've always used a condom." - Advocate magazine, 06/2005
- "Sexual desire is incredibly strong, and people lose their heads. It's very important not to, and to be in control. Just put a condom on." - Advocate magazine, 08/17/04
- "Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt together for a special, uncensored edition of Interview with the Vampire." - on what two non-porn people he'd like to be in one of his films, in V magazine, Fall 2004
- "It is great for me that there is no competition in NYC. It gives me the opportunity to completely dominate New York." - when asked about the porn industry in New York City as compared to Los Angeles[6]
- "The fact is, lots of people love and need porn. I do not harm anyone, I make them happy." - in an opinion column posted by Lucas.[21]
- "Thank you for those who voted for me and fuck you to those who didn’t." - in an acceptance speech before the audience at the GayVN Awards in March 2006.[1]
- "I'm an evil Jewish mongoose high on silicone." - in an interview with drag queen Hedda Lettuce.[22]
- "You mean sleep with someone to get ahead in the business? You’re kidding right? That’s what we do for a living…that is my business." - when asked if he had ever been on a gay 'casting couch.' [5]
[edit] Miscellanea
- Lucas sometimes uses the bedroom he shares with his boyfriend, Richard Winger, to film sex scenes for his films. Winger is not bothered by it, saying, "Sometimes I think it’s kind of cool."[1]
- As a prostitute in New York City, Lucas tricked out of the back pages of HX Magazine and had a client list "on par with Heidi Fleiss," a list which reportedly included actor Rupert Everett.[23]
- At the GayVN Awards in March 2006 Lucas was hissed and had ice thrown at him as he made his acceptance speech before an industry-only crowd for the shared award for "Best Picture."[1] (The film shared the 2006 GayVN Award for Best Picture with Rascal Video's Wrong Side of the Tracks Part One and Part Two, directed by Chi Chi LaRue.)
- In 2007 Lucas appeared in an MTV print ad campaign for staying-alive.org, promoting safe sex.
- Lucas plays in acting role in RuPaul's 2007 movie Starbooty: Reloaded.
- He legally changed his name to "Michael Lucas" in 2007.
- His influences are Marlene Dietrich and Madonna.
[edit] Awards
- 2000 Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards ("Grabbys") Best Newcomer—Director
- 2001 GayVN Awards Best Solo Performance, Fire Island Cruising
- 2006 GayVN Awards Best Picture, Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons
- 2007 GayVN Awards Best Actor, Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita
- 2007 GayVN Awards Best Threesome, Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita
- 2007 GayVN Awards Best Director, Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita
- 2007 GayVN Awards Best Marketing Campaign, Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita
[edit] Credits
The following represents the bulk of Lucas's work; it is an incomplete list.[11]
[edit] Film
[edit] Cast (as Ramzes Kairoff)
(All films by French Art Vidéo, Jean-Daniel Cadinot, director)
- Désirs Volés, 1996
- Pressbook, 1996
[edit] Cast (as Michael Lucas)
(Director as well; all films by Lucas Entertainment)
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[edit] Director (additional films)
(All films by Lucas Entertainment)
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[edit] Screenwriter
(Cast and director as well; all films by Lucas Entertainment)
- Hunt & Plunge, 2000–2003
- Michael Lucas' Vengeance, 2001
[edit] Producer
(All films by Lucas Entertainment)
- Encounters: The Heat of the Moment, 2006
- Encounters 3: Flash Point, 2006
- Encounters 4: On the Job, 2006
- Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons, 2005
- Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita Parts I and II, 2006
- More Dangerous: The Making of Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons, 2005–2006
- Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita, 2006
- Uncut Cock Pool Party, 2006
[edit] Live event
- Directors Summit, 2003, 9th Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Bruce Cam, Joe Gage, Chi Chi LaRue, Michael Lucas, John Rutherford, and Steven Scarborough, participating directors
- Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons signing and release party, June 21, 2006, Virgin Megastore, Union Square, NYC: Featuring the cast of the film as well as other Lucas Entertainment models
- GAYVN Awards, February 24, 2007, Castro Theatre, San Francisco: Won 14 awards
- The Howard Stern Show (multiple years)
- Derek and Romaine Show (multiple years)
- Yale Law School (speaker)
- Rutgers University (speaker)
- NYU University (speaker)
[edit] Model
- XXX 30 Porn-Star Portraits, Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy, photographer, 2005, Bulfinch Press , New York, NY
- Adam Gay Video 2005 Directory, Lawrence, Doug, Editor-in-Chief, 2004, Knight Publishing Corp., Los Angeles, CA
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Joe Landon for Joe's Big Adventure |
GayVN Awards for Best Solo Performance for Fire Island Cruising 2001 |
Succeeded by Tuck Johnson for Goosed for 3!: A Bisexual Love Affair |
| Preceded by Johnny Hazzard for Wrong Side of the Tracks Part One and Part Two |
GayVN Awards for Best Actor for Michel Lucas' La Dolce Vita 2007 |
Succeeded by - for - |
| Preceded by Chi Chi LaRue for Wrong Side of the Tracks Part One and Part Two |
GayVN Awards for Best Director (with Tony Dimarco) for Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita 2007 |
Succeeded by - for - |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Van Meter, William (October 30, 2006). The Lion of Chelsea. New York Movies. New York Magazine Holdings LLC. Retrieved on January 9, 2007.
- ^ a b Bunder, Leslie (August 18, 2006), "Entertaining gay Israeli troops", retrieved from www.somethingjewish.co.uk on September 3, [[2006]
- ^ a b c Model profile at www.lucasentertainment.com, retrieved from www.lucasentertainment.com on September 5, 2006
- ^ a b c d Oswoski, Kevin (April 22, 2005), "Adult film producer fleshes out his 'fantasy' at tea", Yale Daily News, retrieved from www.yaledailynews.com on August 31, 2006.
- ^ a b Michael Lucas: The Gay Porn Blog Interview. gaypornblog (June 19, 2005). Retrieved on January 10, 2007.
- ^ a b c d Mao, Tien (June 21, 2006),Michael Lucas, CEO Lucas Entertainment, retrieved December 18, 2006 from www.gothamist.com
- ^ "Prostitution", "Lucas Blog", retrieved from http://www.lucasblog.com on September 6, 2006.
- ^ Lawrence, Doug, Editor (1998). Adam Gay Video 1999 Directory. Los Angeles, California: Knight Publishing Corp..
- ^ Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy, Photographer; Introduction: Vidal, Gore; Essays: Friday, Nancy, Hartley, Nina, Homes, A.M., Johnson, Richard, Finely, Karen, Koestenbaum, Wayne, Malkovich, John, Reed, Lou, Rushdie|, Salman, Strieber, Whitley, Waters, John, Wattleton, Faye (2005). XXX 30 Porn-Star Portraits. New York, New York: Bulfinch Press. ISBN 0821277545.
- ^ Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy, Director. Thinking XXX [TV Documentary]. HBO.
- ^ a b List of credits at the tlavideo online video store, retrieved from www.tlavideo.com January 9, 2007
- ^ "The actor and the porn star", Advocate.com © Planet Out Inc., August 17, 2004. Retrieved on September 3, 2006.
- ^ GAYalies—"a discussion and social group for gay, bisexual and questioning men"
- ^ Yale Journal of Law and Feminism,"Sex for Sale", February 4, 2006
- ^ Lucas, Michael (Spring 2006). "On Gay Porn". Yale Journal of Law and Feminism Vol. 18 (p. 299).
- ^ Bunder, Leslie (August 19, 2006), "Entertaining gay Israeli troops": "Talkbacks", retrieved from www.ynetnews.com on September 5, 2006.
- ^ Bunder, Leslie (August 24, 2006), "Lucas responds", retrieved from www.somethingjewish.co.uk on September 3, 2006.
- ^ Lucas, Michael (August 23, 2006), "Dear friends and fellow Jews", retrieved from www.lucasblog.com on September 5, 2006
- ^ Lucas, Michael (June 2, 2006), " My Trip to Peru...", retrieved from www.lucasblog.com on September 5, 2006
- ^ http://www.gaypornblog.com/archives/2005/06/michael_lucas_t.html
- ^ "Gays, like Jews, are the chosen people"
- ^ Hedda Lettuce Interview with Michael Lucas
- ^ "Rupert's one hot actor"
